Sentence examples for caught at the first from inspiring English sources

With some practice, the worm is usually caught at the first attempt; eggs are thereby laid within the food medium adhering to the eyelash and transferred together with the worm.

If a male was not caught at the first attempt, we continued to trap at the nest for several more days until we were confident that no male was feeding at the nest.

Then he misjudged a pull and was well caught at the second attempt by Jason Gallian at mid-on.

But Tredwell had Leask caught at the second attempt by Anderson on the mid-wicket boundary and ended with more respectable figures of four for 40, as England completed an efficient win.

Matthew Elliott, so often Glamorgan's linchpin, had recorded his first single-figure score since his first innings of the season in April and Dimitri Mascarenhas had snared Mark Wallace, caught off a leading edge at mid-off, David Hemp, bowled off an inside edge, and Matthew Maynard, brilliantly caught at the second attempt by Shaun Udal on the drive.

Pattinson made 42, his highest Test score, before he was caught at the second attempt by Smith at slip, the skipper's fourth catch of the innings.

Mascarenhas' early burst included the key wicket of Marcus Trescothick, the Somerset opener caught at the second attempt by a diving Neil McKenzie at slip.

Finn struck again with the first ball of his second over when captain AB De Villiers mistimed a lofted drive and was caught at the second attempt by Jade Dernbach, back-pedalling from mid-on.

His absence proved crucial after taking 3-2 in his opening five-over spell as he trapped Liam Dawson lbw and had Jimmy Adams caught at the second attempt by Joe Root at short leg in the space of three balls, before also pinning Neil McKenzie leg before.

His deep drive to center was caught at the wall in the third, and a long fly ball to right in the fifth was caught on the warning track.

He struck again by having Michael Clarke caught at slip (the third time in his four matches he has dismissed Australia's captain) and Jimmy Anderson had deserved reward with Shane Watson's wicket: the first time England had snared an Aussie lbw in the series, which tells its own story about how infrequently they have bowled at the stumps.